Andre Ecuier, although he is only four years old, has lived through months of German raids and bombardments. When his father was killed, he and his mother were taken, with a colony of refugee children whose homes in Nancy were endangered, into a quiet Normandy town, where Andre goes to school and learns to march and to sing the soldier songs of Lorraine. He has been adopted by the Supply Company of the Q.M.C. No. 303. He asked his mother to write his Godfathers and to say "today, after bombardments in my home, I am safe and sound. I end with a big kis for my dear new parrains." The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops
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![A.J. Cornelis [i.e., Cornelius], Mrs. Emil Auerbach, Mrs. A. Lincoln Stadler, E. Auerbach](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWotY29ybmVsaXMtaWUtY29ybmVsaXVzLW1ycy1lbWlsLWF1ZXJiYWNoLW1ycy1hLWxpbmNvbG4tc3RhZGxlci1lLWF1ZXJiYWNoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "A.J. Cornelis [i.e., Cornelius], Mrs. Emil Auerbach, Mrs. A. Lincoln Stadler, E. Auerbach")
